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- From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Floptical, Tape, Syquest, WORM, comments needed.
- Message-ID: <71723@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 07:30:34 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1g3h7nINN499@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <Bz4CG4.3FA@fc.hp.com>
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- The cost per MB for a floptical is $0.80 and the speed is about
- equivalent to a 20 MB hard drive (65ms access time). With a good
- chunk of buffers, it is as fast as any HD which is why I choice it
- over the syquest. The media cost for 80mbs is the difference.
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